[lg policy] book notice (Routledge): Language Policy and Identity: the case of Catalonia

[Harold Schiffman]

Language Policy and Identity: the case of Catalonia
Authors: Henry Miller a;Kate Miller b

Affiliations:    a University of Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom,
United Kingdom
 b University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

DOI: 10.1080/0962021960060106
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Published in:  International Studies in Sociology of Education, Volume
6, Issue 1 1996 , pages 113 - 128
Subject: Sociology of Education;







Abstract
Language is a crucial feature of national and personal identity. Where
Nationality is contested or controlled a particular language may be
promoted or prohibited and the language of instruction is often
informed by a 'national' political agenda. In Spain Franco attempted
the suppression of Catalan identity prohibiting the public use of
Catalan, schooling was conducted in Castilian. After Franco, in 1975
the new constitution promoted autonomy and self government for
Catalonia. The regional government developed an educational policy,
teaching Catalan to all children and using Catalan as the vehicular
language in schools. The present population of Catalonia is
approximately six million, over four million speak Catalan as their
first language but there is significant population whose first
language is Castilian. The article moves from a discussion of identity
and nationalism, to an account of the dynamics of language in
Catalonia and the development of Catalan education policy and its
implications for questions of identity, nationality, education and
language.


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